news-2-you Volume XVI, Edition 7 n2y.com WHAT PIZZA MONTH What is your favorite food?? Pizza is the favorite of many people. Now all America is celebrating pizza. October is Pizza Month in the U.S.!! http://www.chicagonow.com/tween-us/2012/10/october-is-national-pizza-month/ page 1
news page Americans love pizza. Each American eats about 46 pizza slices a year! * 46! But pizza was not invented in America. Europeans have eaten pizza for hundreds of years. 100s Pizza was invented in Naples, Italy. * on average page 2
news page Long ago, only poor people ate pizza in Italy. A pizza chef made a pizza for the Italian queen in 1889. 1889 green basil leaves, It had Italian flag colors: white mozzarella cheese and red tomato slices. * Soon all Italians liked pizza. * This Pizza Margherita, in honor of Queen Margherita of Savoy, is still popular today. page 3
news page Many Italians moved to America in the 1800s. 1800s They brought Italian food recipes with them. A pizza chef from Naples opened the first U.S. pizzeria. The pizza restaurant opened in New York City in 1905. 1905 That pizzeria is still open today!! page 4
news page Most pizzas start with dough and sauce. + But the toppings make a pizza special!! The favorite topping in the U.S. and Canada is pepperoni. + cheese, sausage, Some other toppings are bacon, mushrooms and pineapple. page 5
news page Any food could be a pizza topping. shrimp, Some pizzas have French fries, peanut butter and jelly or even dandelions! Peas are a favorite topping in Brazil. A favorite topping in Japan is squid!! page 6
news page Have you ever made pizza?? You can sprinkle on your favorite toppings. Pizza is fun to make and eat. + Celebrate Pizza Month. Enjoy a slice of pizza in October!! page 7
people in the news WHO PIZZA CHEF A pizza chef is a professional pizza maker. A chef may learn in a cooking school. He or she may learn while working in a pizzeria. or Pizza chefs make each pizza special. Would you like to be a pizza chef?? http://wiki.answers.com/q/what_is_the_job_description_of_a_pizza_cook page 8
places in the news WHERE NAPLES, ITALY Pizza came from Naples. Naples is a large city in southwestern Italy. Italy is in southern Europe. Naples is on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The Mount Vesuvius volcano is east of Naples. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/naples,_italy page 9
places in the news Naples is one of the oldest cities in the world. 1 It is more than 2,800 years old! 2,800! Tourists come to Naples from around the world. food, art, Tourists love Naples great music, castles and more. page 10
places in the news WHERE PIZZERIA A pizzeria is a restaurant that serves mostly pizza. You can find pizzerias around the world. One in five American restaurants is a pizzeria! 1 5! You can order a pizza to eat in the pizzeria. Most pizzerias also deliver pizza to your home. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/list_of_pizza_chains page 11
recipe page NEED Pepperoni Pizza Bites Main Dish Serves 12 6 English muffins, halved and toasted 14 oz jar pizza sauce 3/4 C shredded mozzarella cheese 36 pepperoni slices spoon tablespoon 1. Spoon sauce on each muffin half. 2. Add one tablespoon of cheese on top of each half. 3. Put three pepperoni slices on each half. 4. Warm in toaster oven until cheese is melted. 5. Eat. page 12
joke page Knock, Knock. Who s there? Pizza. Pizza who? Pizza pizza for me, please!! Piece of page 13
game page Circle the pictures about PIZZA MONTH. cheese Italy law toppings finger painting pizza deliver bacon pizzeria French fries slice desk dough alligator pizza chef sausage page 14
review page 1. WHAT is this paper about? Pizza Month National Geographic Cloudy 2 2. WHO is a professional pizza maker? pizza chef inventor grocer 3. WHERE was pizza invented? Tokyo, Japan New York City Naples, Italy 4. WHAT month celebrates pizza, in America? December October November 5. WHAT is the favorite pizza topping in the U.S. and Canada? pepperoni bacon mushrooms 6. WHAT is a restaurant that serves mostly pizza? food stand fast food restaurant pizzeria page 15
puzzle page ACROSS DOWN 2 eat 1 slices 4 Italy 3 toppings 6 pizza chef 5 favorite 8 9 dough pizzeria 7 pizza 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 page 16
sudoku page Fill in the grid using the pictures below so that every row, every column and every large box contains the following four items:. page 17
think page 1. WHAT is your favorite pizza topping?? 2. HOW is a pizza like a sandwich?? 3. WHAT are some jobs in a pizzeria?? page 18
words page pizza pizza chef pizzeria toppings page 19